Information Security Architects (ISA), a division of JSE listed EC-Hold, have achieved Premier Partner partnership with Cisco Systems, the world leader in networking.
"This relationship with Cisco is especially important for ISA as Cisco and Cisco technologies underpin the very basis of the Internet itself, the common platform for all e-commerce initiatives" says Clifford Katz, managing director of ISA, a JSE listed EC-Hold company." To be appointed as a Premier Partner is thus a unique and distinctive honour."
"The benefits to our clients are various," Katz says. "Being information security specialists we operate in the leading edge technology sphere, where our very survival is dependent upon an extremely close association with cutting edge technology owners . By being a Cisco Premier Partner, we and our clients, benefit from heightened service and advanced support initiatives which is vital for maintaining and managing mission critical e-commerce security infrastructure."
"Through this link to Cisco, we can provide local clients with direct access to the wold`s leading solutions and boost our ability to tackle even more complicated IT issues than ever before."
By adopting the partnership approach to business, ISA is able to work with their clients to achieve their e-business objectives by adopting effective information, Internet and network security processes, methodologies and technologies. "Only with an effective information security strategy in place can a sustainable e-commerce initiative be launched. For the first time one sees how the business process partners with the technology process on an equal footing, where IT is viewed as a business enabler, and not purely an administrative investment."
"To obtain the Premier Partner certification, ISA engineers had to pass stringent training and examinations set by Cisco itself," says Steve Midgley, channel sales manager for Cisco South Africa. "We are excited to see ISA`s commitment to Cisco as it shows that they regard our security solutions as amongst the best on offer."
"This move has ramifications far beyond South Africa`s immediate borders," continues Katz. "It means that Cisco`s security technology is now available through ISA to the entire sub-Saharan African region in which we operate."
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Information Security Architects (ISA)
ISA is a division of JSE listed EC-Hold. ISA is a leader in the field of internet, network and information security solution provision, combining an array of proven security methodologies and services, underpinned by best-of-breed security technologies. Leveraging off exceptionally strong relationships with the globally dominant security technology owners, ISA`s clients are assured of current, appropriate and technologically advanced solutions backed by unprecedented levels of support and services. ISA`s core competency revolves around their team of security specialists, who have a diversity of skills encompassing the depth and breadth of IT together with a thorough knowledge of the available products. This broad knowledge of IT is essential to delivering truly integrated and manageable security solutions throughout an enterprise.